The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
jeRKED INTO JAIL.
The Ilrderoas Deputy Sherins
Properly Disposed OF.
Jvdrs DuBose says They Must
Ops. Their mosths and
Tell who Did It.

Judge DuBose, Of the Criminal
Court, bias taken determined stand
In ferreting out the slayer OF Joe Wal.
Ter, the negro youth who was In the
neighborhood Of n crap game. Atll
O'Clock yesterday morning he Issued
a bench warrant for the members oil
the raidipg party, including John Mil
Ter, II. P. Pass, Pat Gillespie, Brooks,
Jake s.useer and Jim Cornell. During
the day they were all arrested and
Jailed, as the Judge said, "Tell the
taller to put these men behind the
bars and keep them there like sny
other prisoners" He also had mem.
bers OF the grand Jury before him, In
s,ruc.ing them how to 90. at the facts.
10 Q reporter, he said: "That affair
was disgrace to q civil'Esd commu.
nifty, and Intend to get to the bottom
OF IT, Tie men have got TO open their
mouths and tell about II. The idea Of
their not knowing who fred the thot
cannot be credited for an instant"
Three Of the men arrested and jailed
were not deputy sherifs, but lined
the rsidlpg party "jast for fun."
These were susser, Cornell and
Gillespie. The former, In giving an
account Of himself. said: II and
Miller AVID Oonncll were on the street.
when three men, whose nance l do
not know, came mp and asked Miller
10 70 on a raid alter crap shooters.
Miller asked me and Oonnell 10 70
along. At FIRST refused, but he and
the others insisted and said that we
would have regular picnic, 70 l
went. Miller and Council were to.
gether, and the other men were bs-
hind rs. Ihsard some shooting sons
yards away, but mono 10 our crowd. I
couldn'i swear who did the shooting"
Sheriff Cannon has Issued the fol-
lowing:
"sHKRiry's, 0YYIop.
"MEHruu, Tsss.. September 0, 1857. !
"To J. r, Miller. n, p. Carroll, v. &. Pope.
James Coz. j. +. Strain and J. p. CrAw-
fordi
"GKsrLKnks-Whereas, II 10 alleged
that In executing the raid Saturday
night there was displayed upon the
part OF some or all Of you q reok ess
use Of fire arms and want Of discretion
In the mode Of dschsrging that duty,
you will please take notice thst Tor
the present, until said chargss are in.
veeiigsted and the facts ascertained,
each Of you will stand suspended as
deputy sherifis until farther notice.
"w d. CANNON.
"Shefid Shelby County"
Deputy Coz bad rendered his reslg.
nation before the paper Was served.
The sheriff feels his Tespor sibilily
tseniy, and Ia painfully mortified.
Bald be:
Intend that the affair shall be thor.
oughly of cd. Some Of my deputies
have been abusing their /, I'll ,ss, and
mskisg money and not the protection
oil society and the laws their object,
and thus lave gone TOO far. / made
some Of the appointments reluctantly
and only because OF the powerful In.
huenee broughtio bear. Ny desire to
please 10 M weakeet point. But SIN
determined now TO tee that every one
OF my deputi,s 10 straight and correct.
Ishall watch the coute OF each one.
No drinkiI 9 shsll he allowed, and the
first one seen on the streets intoxicated
ahall have his commission taken I ON
him. In I CT, the force will be thor.
oughly reorgabiE d. Asfo those crap
raids, have issued an order that no
more be made without my know edge.
Magistrates who have been making q
mercensry business out OF prosecuting
the petty gum slers must havs q check
put 10 them"
Late yesterday afternoon the deputy
sher dc oophoed signed an Iffl iavit
that Gillespie bad nothipg 10 do with
the sfiair, and In fac, was not With
the party. The document vas sent
out 10 yudee DuBose, and Gillespie
vas released on his own recogniIAnce.
The casss Of the men will be inves.
hra,ed by the srand Jury.
Some amusing Incidents oc-
cured at Saturday nights raid
on No. 2if Front strest, which was
q preliminary tklrmish partic' pat.
cd In by w. X. Pope, Will Mad.
den ard two or three others. l,seemo
the hrt man 20 rush Into the place
was Mike Madden, who Was armed
with q club. Approaching a large
yellow negro man named Henry
Thomas, the deputy threatened 10
make mice meat Of his head, but
Thomas edb't scare al q lively rate,
and simply said: "Look heah, man,
you bit ma wid dat III kill you" An.
other Of the raiders went 90 the rescue
with q cock d pistol, but even then
the negro did not ialnt. "l'm not
sktefed." said he, an n be hits me
wild dat tlub I will Kill him." Along
with four or Ave others, Thomas was
carried down 10 jail, bat when he got
there refused 10 be incncerated. The
deputies concluded they had q man
who knew his rights, and griclou,ly
Jet him e., tsying "they could fad
him any time" All tte parties we're
discharged by Justice Barry the fol.
lowing Monday.
Another care Of "dolng up" q prls
ontr is reported. Ga one OF the raids
lew weeks tince, the deputies COB.
bed mp an old negro man who was
highly Tespt cted, e'ptoially 90 by
Judge ]. NJ 0ieer, for vhom be had
worked. Wbeo placed Ia Jail he was
the happy posa' ssor Of 50 Is, and com
planned Of beirg compelled 10 remain
behind the bars until the following
Monday, Rkine that he b. allowed 10
telephone b,s idiend. The Judge. N ght
vatchman Batter said II he desired q
speedy trial be would teleph ne Jus
tioe hugh'y, who would come down
and deieimlne the merits Of the casu
that night. Toe negro consented "a
this. Bu'ler te ephoned and. II 10 re.
ported, chaiRsd the negro 81 IS for the
service. Jusiioe Hog ey vent 20 the
jail; TIE negro submitted h case md
was hod 1850, irclodi & cats. The
negro bai obly IS, when he turned